Background
Horner, Maxine Edwyna Cissel was born on January 17, 1933 in Tulsa. Daughter of Earl Henry Senior and Corrine (Burton) Cissel.
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Maxine Edwyna Cissel Horner
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Maxine Edwyna Cissel Horner, American State legislator. Recipient special recognition Oklahoma Say No To Hate Crime Coalition, academic scholarship Wiley College, Marshall, Texas, 1951, Outstanding Community Svc. awards Tulsa Urban League, North Tulsa Business and Professional Women, Tulsa Job Corps, Sunray DX Oil Corporation, Omega Psi Phi, grant Harvard University, Master of Public Administration Program, Mid-Career Profession.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Pers. Management, Langston U., 1985.
Career
Personnel administrator, Tulsa Job Corps Center, 1971-1975;
director minority women's employment, unites states department Labor, 1975-1981;
staff assistant, United States Republican James Jones, Tulsa, 1984-1986;
member, Oklahoma State Senate, since 1986. Vice chairman human resources committee since 1987. Member business and labor, criminal jurisprudence, finance committees, since 1987.
Chairman government operations & agency oversight committee, since 1989. Member appropriations committee, since 1989.
Achievements
Membership
Volunteer Very Important Person Read Aloud Program. Vice president North Tulsa Heritage Foundation, since 1984;president advisory board North Tulsa Young Men’s Christian Association, 1985-1986. Active Corporation Membership Doctor Oklahoma Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation, Governor's Task Force on Affirmative Action, Simon Estes Scholarship Foundation, Health and Human Superior vena cava syndrome Committee for National Conference State Legislators, Children, Families and Social Superior vena cava syndrome Committee, Democratic National Platform Committee.
Chair Oklahoma Legislation Black Caucus. Co-chair 1988 National Black Caucus State Legislators Conference Tulsa. Member National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, League of Women Voters, National Association Black Social Workers, Democratic Women Action Group, Delta Sigma Theta.
Interests
Connections
Married Donald Montell Horner Senior, 1954. Children: Shari, Donald Montell Junior.
